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On November 4, 1875, Judge Rowland was united in marriage to Mary C. Shaw, daughter of R. D. and Elizabeth (Dooley) Shaw, of this same vicinity of Boone county. Mr. Shaw was born in Kentucky in 1822, and in 1825 came to Missouri with his parents, who located in Boone county. His life was passed as a farmer near Harrisburg, Missouri. Judge and Mrs. Rowland have two daughters: Maud, the wife of C. C. Hazzard, residing near Harrisburg, and Gertrude, who
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married J. T. Watson and resides in the same vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have two sons-Herschel Rowland Watson and David Harris Watson.
JOHN E. TINCHER. A representative of one of the old and honored families of Callaway county, as a scion in the third generation, Mr. Tincher is numbered among the progressive agriculturists and stock- growers of this section of the state and is the owner of a finely improved farm of two hundred acres, situated one mile from the village of Hatton and fourteen miles north of Fulton, the county seat.
Mr. Tincher was born on the old homestead of his father, one and one-half miles southwest of his present place of abode, and the date of his nativity was April 11, 1855. He is a son of Judge Hugh and Susan (Newsum) Tincher, and as adequate data concerning the family history appears in the sketch dedicated to his brother, Judge J. W. Tincher, on other pages of this publication, a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. Mr. Tincher was afforded the advantages of the public schools of his native county and also those of a home of distinctive culture and refinement. He continued to be associated in the work and management of the home farm until he had attained to the age of twenty-six years, when his father gave him 150 acres adjoining, the same having been the old home of his paternal grandparents. On this place Mr. Tincher conducted opera- tions as an agriculturist and stock-grower for a period of five years, at the expiration of which, in 1884, he traded the property for his present farm, upon which he has thus maintained his home for nearly thirty years. He has made many improvements on the place and on every hand are the unmistakable evidences of thrift and prosperity. Mr. Tincher, like many other representative farmers of this section, devotes special attention to the feeding and shipping of live stock, and he conducts this department of his farm enterprise upon a somewhat extensive scale. He feeds annually many head of cattle and sheep, and he has been most careful in selecting stock that will command the best market prices. He ships carloads of live stock annually, and brings to bear scientific methods of feeding and care, and has been specially successful along this important line of industry.
As a citizen Mr. Tincher is eminently loyal and public spirited and he has been a zealous worker in behalf of the cause of the Democratic party, in the conventions of which in his home county he has fre- quently appeared as a delegate. In the primary election in the spring of 1912 he was advanced as a candidate for the office of county judge, but was defeated by a small majority. He has a wide circle of friends in his native county, and his attractive home, under the direction of its gracious chatelaine, Mrs. Tincher, is a center of social activity and distinctive hospitality.
In 1880 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Tincher to Miss Anna Lee Muir, who was born on a farm south of Fulton, Callaway county, and who is a daughter of Jeremiah and Lucy Muir. Mr. and Mrs. Tincher have no children of their own, but in their home they reared, from the age of eight years, Lulu Grivens, who is now the wife of Kent Oldham.
HENRY KUNKEL. Northeast Missouri has not a few prosperous citizens who at the beginning of their active careers had nothing but their native ability and the industry of their hands and labor. One of them is Henry Kunkel, who now has a fine farm six miles southeast
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of Mexico in Audrain county, and who has spent most of his life in this county, having come here a boy of fourteen in 1874.
His father, a native of Germany, and his mother, also of German parentage and born and reared in Illinois, came to Missouri and settled in Audrain county in 1874. Their son, J. O. Kunkel, now resides on the old home place, where the father had a hundred acres, which he divided among his children, but which finally came into the possession of J. O. The father, who spent his career as a quiet and industrious farmer and who always cast his ballot for the Republican ticket, was killed in a cyclone in May, 1891. The mother had passed away in October of the preceding year.
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Mr. Henry Kunkel was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, October 10, 1860, and was a boy of fourteen when the family moved to Audrain county. He was at home until the age of twenty-one, when he mar- ried and began winning a home for himself. His marriage occurred on the 20th of December, 1881, to Miss Katie Spencer. The Spencers, originally from Kentucky, were pioneer settlers of Audrain county, and on the old homestead in that county was born and reared James Spencer, the father of Mrs. Kunkel. Mr. and Mrs. Kunkel spent nearly twenty years of their married life on a farm north of Mexico, and in February, 1900, moved to their present place, which consists of two hundred acres of good land. Besides owning the property, Mr. Kunkel has added much in the way of building and other improvements to it during his ownership. He is engaged in the raising of stock and grain and hay, etc., and for many years has made a very satisfactory show- ing of his labor and management.
Mr. and Mrs. Kunkel are the parents of the following children : Otto is a scholar and is now an instructor in the University of Missouri ; Wilbur has been a student for two years at the University of Missouri; Callie is a trained nurse at the university ; Ira and Ernest are still at home. Mr. Kunkel is a Democrat in politics. His church is the Chris- tian, and his fraternal affiliation is with the Modern Woodmen of America.
NEWMAN PAYTON STARKE. The Starke family has been prominently known in connection with the Two-Mile-Prairie district of Boone county since practically the first dates of white settlement in this country. The above named representative of the family, who is of the second generation in this county, has himself been one of the foremost in the activities of agriculture and stock farming for half a century, and at one time was considered the most extensive cattle feeder in all this vicinity.
The founder of the Starke family here was Newman Basil Starke, who was a Virginian, born in Stafford county in 1789, and died on the Starke homestead in Boone county in 1860. He married Priscilla Thornton. who was born in the same Virginia county in 1790, and she survived her husband until 1867. They were the parents of nine chil- dren, the names of whom follow: James H., who moved out to Kansas and died in Oklahoma; Charles T .; William N .; Edwin Alexander ; Mary A. : Linnie T .; Priscilla ; Newman Payton; and Anthony B., who was a soldier under Price during the war, and who, about twenty years ago, moved to western Nebraska.
Soon after his marriage Newman Basil Starke accomplished the long pioneer migration to Missouri, and in 1828 settled in Boone county. He first bought 120 acres right where the present home farm is located, and afterwards entered land from the government and also bought, so that at one time he had 1,800 acres in Boone and Callaway counties
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and was one of the biggest landowners of the time in this vicinity. He was an old-time Democrat, owned many slaves, and conducted his estate in the fashion of the southern planter of those days. About 1841 his original dwelling was replaced by a pretentious brick home, and there he and his wife spent their last years.
A short time before the completion of the brick mansion just men- tioned the son Newman Payton was born, on the 28th of April, 1841. The old home estate has been the scene of his lifetime activities, his early recollections being associated with the home during the days before the war. He erected his present comfortable residence in 1876, and there his children were born and reared. He was married on March 20, 1890, to Miss Catherine Adair, who was born in 1862, a daughter of Joseph Adair of Callaway county. Of the four children born to their union, one died in infancy, and the others are William N., Newman P., Jr. and Edwin A. The two younger sons are now operating the farm for their father.
Mr. Starke's farm, which is situated nine miles southeast of Colum- bia, is a splendid estate of 930 acres, and has all the facilties for modern farming on an extensive scale. In former years he raised fancy stock and each year disposed of a large number of cattle. As to political matters Mr. Starke has always been a Democrat. His career has been devoted to the quiet pursuits of the farm, and he has always enjoyed a liberal prosperity and has been an honored citizen of this community.
W. K. McCALL, M. D. In the enjoyment of a large and lucrative practice, and possessing the confidence and esteem of the people of Laddonia to an eminent degree, Dr. W. K. McCall stands high in the ranks of the medical men of Northeastern Missouri, and his present position has been secured through persevering study, inherent ability and a natural inclination for the various branches of the medical pro- fession. Born in Callaway county, Missouri, near Fulton, December 5, 1875, Dr. McCall has spent his entire life within the confines of the state, and for more than fifteen years has been engaged in practice in Audrain county.
Dr. McCall's father was born on a farm near Fulton, Missouri, whence his parents had come from Virginia, December 7, 1841, and was there married, his wife having been born and reared at the same place, the date of her birth being September 6, 1846. They started housekeeping with but few of this world's goods, but through industry, perseverance and energy managed to accumulate a handsome property, and in 1910 disposed of their land and removed to Fulton, Missouri, where they are now living quietly. Mr. McCall has been an agricul- turist all of his life, devoting himself to tilling the soil to the exclusion of engaging in political matters, although he has interested himself in fraternal affairs and is a valued and popular Master Mason in the Fulton lodge. He and his wife have had seven children, all of whom survive : Thomas H .; Winnifred, who married Ernest Craghead, of Fulton; Fannie, who married Ed Holman, of Fulton; J. M., a resident of Fulton; W. K., of this review; C. F., who is engaged in missionary work in Japan; and R. K., the present owner of the old homestead, which he purchased from his parents.
Dr. W. K. McCall received his preliminary education in the public schools in the country, following which he became a student in West- minster College, at St. Louis, where he took the full course of four years. Choosing for his field of practice the little village of Worcester, in Audrain county, he there continued to enjoy a large professional business for thirteen years, but in 1910 came to Laddonia, where he
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has since remained. Dr. McCall is recognized as a medical practitioner of much more than ordinary skill, and the competent and successful manner in which he has handled a number of difficult cases has gained him widespread reputation and the confidence of the people at large. He is a close and careful student, and takes a great deal of interest in the work of the Audrain County Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, being a mem- ber of all three of these bodies. He acts in the capacity of medical examiner for several insurance companies, and is fraternally connected with the Masons, having attained the Master degree in the Laddonia lodge. Politically, Dr. McCall supports the principles and candidates of the Democratic party, although he has never cared for public office himself. With his wife, he attends the Christian church.
On March 12, 1902, Dr. McCall was married to Miss Sudie Craw- ford, who was born and reared at Worcester, Missouri, and they have had three children, namely : William Crawford, Margaret and Levan, all attending school.
HON. WALTER WARREN GARTH. Columbia, Missouri, has among its honored retired citizens many men to whom it owes much, men of the highest type of responsible citizenship. They have been useful to the community through their activities in business, their public services and their professional achievements, and now, having stepped some- what aside from the busy paths that their descendants still creditably occupy, they are entitled to the consideration which they receive. In this connection it will not be inappropriate to briefly review the career of one of Columbia's most highly respected citizens, Judge Walter Warren Garth. Judge Garth has the added distinction of being a native son of Columbia, having been born in this city January 27, 1848, a son of Jefferson Garth.
Jefferson Garth was born May 22, 1803, in Scott county, Kentucky, a son of John and Sally (Griffith) Garth, slave holders and plantation owners in the Blue Grass State. He came to Missouri in 1836, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, accumulating six hundred acres of land and being one of the leading citizens of his community at the time of his death. In 1827 he was married to Mary Ann Russell, daughter of Gen. Robert S. Russell, and they had seven sons and one daughter, Walter Warren being the last in order of birth.
Walter Warren Garth secured his education in the University of Missouri, and Stephens and Christian colleges, and in 1866, when only eighteen years of age was made deputy circuit clerk by John M. Samuel, a position which he held until 1874. From that time on he acted in numerous official capacities, at all times displaying a conscientious devotion to the duties and responsibilities of his high offices. At the age of twenty-six he was elected circuit clerk and recorder of Boone county, and received the re-election, serving thus for eight years. He subsequently became a member of the city council and acted as its chairman, and in 1892 was appointed by Gov. D. R. Francis as probate judge, but resigned his judicial position to become assistant cashier of the Exchange National Bank. He subsequently became cashier of that institution, and continued to hold that office until 1910, when he retired from active life, although he still acts in the capacity of vice president of the bank. He is the owner of a large farm near the city of Mexico, and has various real estate interests. In 1873 Judge Garth was admitted to the bar, and has attained to an eminent place in his profession. Since resigning from the bench, he has not been active in political affairs. He is prominent in Masonic circles, having held the
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highest offices in the blue lodge, chapter and commandery, and takes the greatest interest in the work of that order. He is a direct descend- ant of Gen. William Russell, of Virginia, a Revolutionary officer, and the military reputation of the family was sustained by a brother of the judge, Samuel A. Garth, who was captain of a company of Missouri volunteers during the Civil war.
On October 7, 1867, Judge Garth was married to Miss Eva Samuel, daughter of John M. Samuel, and a graduate of Bellwood (Ky.) Seminary. Four children have been born to this union: Jefferson H., who is engaged in the insurance business in Kansas City, Missouri; Mary Russell, the wife of Dr. James Grodon, of Columbia; Lucy, the wife of H. I. Bragg, of Columbia ; and William Walter, Jr. The latter is a graduate of the University of Missouri, and is engaged in the real- estate and insurance business at Columbia with W. S. St. Clair, and was elected a member of the city council in 1912. He is a Knight Templar and a member of the Sigma Chi college fraternity, is unmar- ried, and resides with his parents.
John M. Samuel, father of Mrs. Garth, was born in Columbia, Mis- souri, December 16, 1825, a son of Richard and Lucy (Marrs) Samuel. He lost his parents when he was six years of age, and was reared by relatives in Kentucky, and in 1842 returned to Missouri and entered the University of Missouri, which had just been opened. In 1844 he attended Louisville (Ky.) College, and after reading law pur- sued his law studies in Transylvania College, at Lexington, Kentucky, and was subsequently admitted to the bar. Deciding, however, to become a merchant, he established himself as a dealer in pork, tobacco, etc., and became the leading merchant of Columbia. In 1857 he was elected sheriff of Boone county, and was re-elected in 1859, and in 1867 and 1871 was elected county clerk. In 1876 he became county treasurer, serving as such until 1883. On September 2, 1847, he was united in marriage with Eleanora B. Van Horn, daughter of Ishmael Van Horn, of Boone county, and they had three daughters.
HORACE MUNDY. Few of the prosperous farmers of Audrain county have started with less and been more successful than Mr. Horace Mundy, who has one of the first-class stock farms near Mexico and has gained a substantial reputation through the country for his fine horses and cattle.
He was born on the old Mundy homestead twelve miles north of Mexico on the 22nd of December, 1859. His father, Logan Mundy, though a native of Audrain county and from one of the early families that settled in that vicinity, moved when about fourteen years old to Boone county, where he was reared. He afterwards returned to Audrain county, where he was engaged in farming on the above mentioned place until a few years before his death, which occurred on July 26, 1892. He married Miss Luzann Creed, who was born and reared in Audrain county and is now living in Mexico. They were the parents of the following large family of children: John, William, James C., Emma, Corda, Ada; Elizabeth, wife of Clay Berry; Josephine Brice, of Texas; Lee, in Vernon county : Horace; Analiza and Alice, deceased.
During his youth Horace Mundy had very few school advantages, and has educated himself and won his own way through the world. The fall after his twenty-first birthday he began farming for himself on rented land in the neighborhood of the old home, and began at the bottom. The next year, on November 10, 1882, he married Miss Lou Dowell, and together they began the task of winning a home and pros- perity. He continued farming for two years, and then moved to
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Mexico, where he engaged in shipping mules, and did fairly well for a time. He then rented a farm of 160 acres near his present homestead, and operated that two years. This was followed by his appointment to the superintendency of the county farm, a position in which he per- formed efficient public service for a long term of thirteen years. Before leaving this place he bought 120 acres, and has since acquired several other considerable tracts, part of which he has sold, so that his present homestead comprises 227 acres. In keeping with his prosperity he had constructed a modern eight-room residence with bath and all the facili- ties of a comfortable home. As a stockman he is engaged in the raising of draft horses and each year turns off a number of cattle. He has premiums won by his stock on exhibition at fairs. Mr. Mundy has been vice president of the Mexico Fair Association since its organization. All his material prosperity he has won during the last eighteen years. At one time he lost a large amount of money through some unscrupulous men, and in spite of reverses and difficulties has made a substantial and influential place in the community. Politically he is a Democrat, is a member of the Christian church in Mexico, and of the Modern Brother- hood of America in its lodge at Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. Mundy are the parents of the following children : Nina, now deceased; Emmett, who married Edith Miller and resides near his father; Fred, who married Tennessee Wright, and Leonard, both at home.
SAMUEL BURTON MCCULLY. The present county superintendent of schools of Randolph county has made education his life's work, and for sixteen years has been identified with the schools of his home county as teacher and supervisor. While by virtue of his own ability, and by his position, he is the leading man of his profession in his home county, he is also one of the prominent educators of Northeast Missouri. Mr. McCully was fortunate in entering the field of education at the begin- ning of the great modern uplift movement in this great department of human affairs, and having the spirit of the modern teacher and working constantly for progressive measures, he has won a worthy place in his life work and profession and has large honors awaiting him in the future.
Samuel Burton McCully was born in Randolph county on the 6th of May, 1873. The founder of the McCully family in Randolph county was his grandfather, whose name was Samuel McCully, of Irish descent, and who came to Missouri in the early years of the last century and settled upon a farm in the western part of Randolph county. The par- ents of the present county superintendent were Tolman Gorum and Matilda E. (Fowler) McCully. His father was born in Randolph county, took up the occupation of farmer and after his marriage in 1872 located on a homestead in Prairie township, in which township they lived for a number of years. The father died in Prairie township in 1906, at the age of sixty-one years. The mother, who is still living, was a daughter of William B. Fowler, who was born in Kentucky and became one of the early settlers in the southern part of Randolph county, where he was for many years engaged as a successful farmer. The Fowler family was also of Irish descent. The three sons comprising the family of Tolman McCully and wife are all living, and the super- intendent of schools is the oldest. His brothers are: Thomas Arthur, a merchant at Moberly, and William Evra, a bookkeeper in the Bank of Moberly.
Professor McCully was reared on a farm, and in that wholesome environment gained the physical strength which has enabled him to Vol. In-27
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withstand the test of an active career. During his boyhood in Prairie township, he attended the district schools, and assisted in the labors of the home farm until he was twenty-one years of age. Having pre- pared himself for teaching, he began his career in the district school, and continued actively in that work for many years until 1909, in which year he was elected county superintendent for Randolph county. He has the complete confidence of the large body of teachers in the county, as well as the support and cooperation of his fellow citizens, and it has been his distinction to promote many excellent improvements and the better system and efficiency in the schools over which he has supervision.
On December 30, 1902, Mr. McCully married Miss Martha Florence Brockman. Mrs. McCully is a native of Randolph county, and the daughter of J. C. and Mary (Green) Brockman, both well known people of Randolph county. Mr. McCully and wife are the parents of one daughter, Alliene. Professor McCully is affiliated with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Christian church at Moberly. Mrs. McCully is a Methodist.
HON. SHELDON EDGAR BOTSFORD. A man of wide knowledge, both general and technical, is the Hon. Sheldon E. Botsford, whose activi- ties in public life have embraced both those of the Christian ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the most highly pur- posive political endeavors in eminent position. The well-known home of Representative Botsford is located in an attractive rural district ten and three-fourths miles southeast of Edina and in Bee Ridge township.
Representative Botsford is of New England parentage and of Eng- lish descent. His father, Amos P. Botsford (1841-1909), was a mechanic and a carriage and wagon builder. After coming west and first set- tling in Indianapolis, he made a temporary location in St. Joseph, Missouri, afterward settling in Edinburg, where he permanently resided and pursued his vocational activities. He did service during the Civil war in the Missouri State Militia in the environs of St. Joseph and Jefferson City. Amos Botsford was thrice married, the now surviving children of the first two marriages being: John Jacob Botsford, of Cameron, Missouri; and Mrs. Mollie Emory, of San Jacinto, Califor- nia. His third wife, Olivia C. Witten Botsford, was a native of Vir- ginia. The children of this marriage were three, and are now, in mature life, located as follows : Thomas Green Botsford, in Nevada, Missouri; Robert Lee Botsford, in Edinburg, Missouri; and Sheldon Edgar Botsford, whose life is below reviewed in some detail, in Bee Ridge township.
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